Common products:
- Essential oil (leaf, fruit). The oil is obtained by hydrodistillation and contains limonene, linalool, and myrcene. It is used in perfumery as a minor fragrance note in citrus and aromatic bases. Not a major commercial oil.

Industrial and craft applications:
- Wood extractives used for qualitative botanical identification; no confirmed industrial processing.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- Fresh or preserved berries are recorded as animal fodder (for birds and mammals). Not a human food product; no processing steps or products reported.

Colorants and tanning:
- No documented use for dyes or tannins.

Wood and fiber:
- Small-diameter wood used for tool handles and ornamental carving; no pulp/board production reported.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
- Fruit extracts and essential oil appear in niche fragrance compositions; no specific cosmetic product classes recorded.

Properties relevant to use:
- Leaf and fruit oils show citrus and floral notes due to monoterpenes; fruits contain carotenoids (lycopene, β-carotene) giving a red pigment.

Standards and regulation:
- No industry-specific standards identified; if used in cosmetics, general safety/labeling rules would apply but no taxonomy-specific regulations are documented.

Sustainability and sourcing:
- Most material is wild-collected from ornamental sources; no certified sustainable supply chains documented.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Skimmia fragrantissima	hort. ex T.Moore	Proc. Linn. Soc. London 1866-1867: vii (1867)
Skimmia fragrans	Carrière	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 41: 258 (1869)
Skimmia veitchii	Carrière	Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 259 (1869)
Skimmia oblata	T.Moore	Gard. Chron. 1864: 962 (1864)
Skimmia rugosa	Makino	Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 16 (1911)
Ilex skimmia	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 1: 495 (1824)

Common names Top

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	japanese skimmia
Czech	skimie japonská
Danish	japansk skimmia
Persian	اسکیمیا ژاپنی
Upper Sorbian	japanska skimija
Japanese	ミヤマシキミ
Slovak	skimia japonská
Swedish	vinterbär
Chinese	日本茵芋
Chinese	香茵芋

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Skimmia japonica subsp. distincte-venulosa	(Hayata) T.C.Ho	Endemic Sp. Res. 9(2): 41 (2007)

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Name	Authority	First published in
Skimmia japonica var. lutchuensis	(Nakai) T.Yamaz.	J. Jap. Bot. 68: 303 (1993)
Skimmia japonica var. orthoclada	(Hayata) T.C.Ho	Endemic Sp. Res. 9(2): 42. 2007 [Jan 2007]
Skimmia japonica var. intermedia	Komatsu	Icon. Pl. Koisikav. 2: 55 (1914)
Skimmia japonica var. japonica
Skimmia japonica var. orthoclada	(Hayata) Masam.	Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ., Biol. 3: 145 (1955)

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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Asia-temperate click to expand
- Eastern Asia
  - Japan
  - Nansei-shoto
  - Taiwan
- Russian Far East
  - Kuril Islands
  - Primorye
  - Sakhalin

Links to other databases Top

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000504235
Cornell Woody Plants	417
USDA Plants	SKJA
Tropicos	28101410
INPN	123984
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:775237-1
The Plant List	kew-2600234
Missouri Botanical Garden	286767
PFAF	Skimmia japonica
Open Tree Of Life	790015
Observations.org	195715
NCBI Taxonomy	210365
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0200003186
IPNI	775237-1
iNaturalist	128909
iNaturalist	128912
iNaturalist	128910
GBIF	7269601
Freebase	/m/043qfzl
EPPO	SKMJA
EOL	5625406
Elurikkus	618122
USDA GRIN	34484
Wikipedia	Skimmia_japonica
CMAUP	NPO25008

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Temporal variation of allergenic potential in urban parks during the vegetation period: a case study from Bratislava, Slovakia

Zahradníková E, Rendeková A, Ščevková J

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

05-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10791852
doi:	10.1007/s11356-023-31137-9
PMID:	38052730

Touch, feel, heal. The use of hospital green spaces and landscape as sensory-therapeutic gardens: a case study in a university clinic

Dinu Roman Szabo M, Dumitras A, Mircea DM, Doroftei D, Sestras P, Boscaiu M, Brzuszek RF, Sestras AF

Front Psychol

24-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10705765
doi:	10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1201030
PMID:	38078228

Quantifying heterogeneity in ecohydrological partitioning in urban green spaces through the integration of empirical and modelling approaches

Stevenson JL, Birkel C, Comte JC, Tetzlaff D, Marx C, Neill A, Maneta M, Boll J, Soulsby C

Environ Monit Assess

15-Mar-2023

PMCID:	PMC10014787
doi:	10.1007/s10661-023-11055-6
PMID:	36918498

Recent advances in chemistry and therapeutic potential of functionalized quinoline motifs – a review

Ajani OO, Iyaye KT, Ademosun OT

RSC Adv

24-Jun-2022

PMCID:	PMC9231466
doi:	10.1039/d2ra02896d
PMID:	35873320

Oxypeucedanin: Chemotaxonomy, Isolation, and Bioactivities

Mottaghipisheh J

Plants (Basel)

30-Jul-2021

PMCID:	PMC8401860
doi:	10.3390/plants10081577
PMID:	34451622

Using Genealogical Concordance and Coalescent-Based Species Delimitation to Assess Species Boundaries in the Diaporthe eres Complex

Hilário S, Gonçalves MF, Alves A

J Fungi (Basel)

25-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8307253
doi:	10.3390/jof7070507
PMID:	34202282

Diversity in Chemical Structures and Biological Properties of Plant Alkaloids

Bhambhani S, Kondhare KR, Giri AP

Molecules

03-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8199754
doi:	10.3390/molecules26113374
PMID:	34204857

Diversification and selection pattern of CYP6B genes in Japanese Papilio butterflies and their association with host plant spectra

Sato A, Okamura Y, Murakami M

PeerJ

22-Dec-2020

PMCID:	PMC7761194
doi:	10.7717/peerj.10625
PMID:	33391886

A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens

Frey D, Moretti M

Data Brief

23-May-2019

PMCID:	PMC6545399
doi:	10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:	31194048

Overwintered Drosophila suzukii Are the Main Source for Infestations of the First Fruit Crops of the Season

Panel AD, Zeeman L, van der Sluis BJ, van Elk P, Pannebakker BA, Wertheim B, Helsen HH

Insects

22-Oct-2018

PMCID:	PMC6315960
doi:	10.3390/insects9040145
PMID:	30360355

Circular spectropolarimetric sensing of higher plant and algal chloroplast structural variations

Patty CH, Ariese F, Buma WJ, ten Kate IL, van Spanning RJ, Snik F

Photosynth Res

23-Aug-2018

PMCID:	PMC6548066
doi:	10.1007/s11120-018-0572-2
PMID:	30141032

&Uuml;ber das Alkaloid von Skimmia repens, Nakai

Y. Asahina, T. Ohta, M. Inubuse

Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

20-Apr-2017

doi:	10.1248/YAKUSHI1881.50.12_1117

Phylogenetic relationships of Vepris (Rutaceae) inferred from chloroplast, nuclear, and morphological data

Morton CM

PLoS One

08-Mar-2017

PMCID:	PMC5342198
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0172708
PMID:	28273098

Development of microsatellite markers for the clonal shrub Orixa japonica (Rutaceae) using 454 sequencing

Tamaki I, Setsuko S, Sugai K, Yanagisawa N

Appl Plant Sci

18-Oct-2016

PMCID:	PMC5077282
doi:	10.3732/apps.1600066
PMID:	27785383

Non-crop plants used as hosts by Drosophila suzukii in Europe

Kenis M, Tonina L, Eschen R, van der Sluis B, Sancassani M, Mori N, Haye T, Helsen H

J Pest Sci (2004)

24-Mar-2016

PMCID:	PMC5318492
doi:	10.1007/s10340-016-0755-6
PMID:	28275324

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Benzenoids / Benzene and substituted derivatives / Benzoic acids and derivatives / Hydroxybenzoic acid derivatives
4-Hydroxybenzoic acid	135	Click to see C1=CC(=CC=C1C(=O)O)O	138.12	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids / Agarofurans
(1S,2S,4S,5S,6S,7S,8S,9R,12R)-6-(hydroxymethyl)-2,10,10-trimethyl-11-oxatricyclo[7.2.1.01,6]dodecane-4,5,7,8,12-pentol	162992540	Click to see CC1CC(C(C2(C13C(C(C(C2O)O)C(O3)(C)C)O)CO)O)O	318.36	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/J39700000556
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesterterpenoids / Scalarane sesterterpenoids
4,4,6a,8a,11,11,12b,14b-Octamethyl-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,8,8a,9,10,11,12,12a,12b,13,14,14a,14b-icosahydropicen-3-ol	344467	Click to see	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)91150-6
Taraxerol	92097	Click to see	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/J39700000556 https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(00)91150-6
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
11-Oxo-alpha-amyrin	69166285	Click to see CC1CCC2(CCC3(C(=CC(=O)C4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1C)C)C	440.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids / Limonoids
[(1R,2R,8S,11S,12R,18S)-7-(furan-3-yl)-1,8,12,17,17-pentamethyl-5,15,20-trioxo-3,6,16-trioxapentacyclo[9.9.0.02,4.02,8.012,18]icosan-13-yl] acetate	137706495	Click to see	514.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
[(1S,2R,3R,5R,7R,10S,11R,14R,15S)-15-[(2R,3S,5R)-5-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]-2-hydroxyoxolan-3-yl]-3-hydroxy-2,6,6,10-tetramethyl-7-pentacyclo[12.3.1.01,14.02,11.05,10]octadecanyl] 3-methylbutanoate	163078747	Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)OC1CCC2(C3CCC45CC4(C3(C(CC2C1(C)C)O)C)CCC5C6CC(OC6O)C7C(O7)(C)C)C	572.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1246/BCSJ.61.3225
[(1S,2R,3R,5R,7R,10S,11R,14R,15S)-15-[(3S,5R)-5-[(2S)-3,3-dimethyloxiran-2-yl]-2-hydroxyoxolan-3-yl]-3-hydroxy-2,6,6,10-tetramethyl-7-pentacyclo[12.3.1.01,14.02,11.05,10]octadecanyl] 3-methylbutanoate	54758525	Click to see	572.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1246/BCSJ.61.3225
[15-[5-(3,3-Dimethyloxiran-2-yl)-2-hydroxyoxolan-3-yl]-3-hydroxy-2,6,6,10-tetramethyl-7-pentacyclo[12.3.1.01,14.02,11.05,10]octadecanyl] 3-methylbutanoate	14165901	Click to see CC(C)CC(=O)OC1CCC2(C3CCC45CC4(C3(C(CC2C1(C)C)O)C)CCC5C6CC(OC6O)C7C(O7)(C)C)C	572.80	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1246/BCSJ.61.3225
1-(Acetyloxy)-1,2-dihydroobacunoic acid eta-lactone	326240	Click to see	514.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
Deacetylnomilin	139082180	Click to see CC1(C2CC(=O)C3(C(C2(C(CC(=O)O1)O)C)CCC4(C35C(O5)C(=O)OC4C6=COC=C6)C)C)C	472.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
Isoobacunoic acid	20055680	Click to see	472.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
Limonin	179651	Click to see	470.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Steroid lactones
(1R,2R,4S,7S,8S,11R,12R,13S,16R)-7-(furan-3-yl)-13-hydroxy-1,8,12,13,15,15-hexamethyl-3,6,14-trioxapentacyclo[9.7.0.02,4.02,8.012,16]octadecane-5,18-dione	101592373	Click to see CC1(C2CC(=O)C3(C(C2(C(O1)(C)O)C)CCC4(C35C(O5)C(=O)OC4C6=COC=C6)C)C)C	444.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
3-[(1R,2R,5R,6R,7R,10S,11S,14S)-11-(furan-3-yl)-5-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)-2,6,10-trimethyl-3,13-dioxo-12,15-dioxatetracyclo[8.5.0.01,14.02,7]pentadecan-6-yl]-3-hydroxypropanoic acid	101601415	Click to see	490.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
Cyclocalamin	13857944	Click to see CC1(C2C(=O)C(C3(C(C2(C(O1)CC(=O)OC)C)CCC4(C35C(O5)C(=O)OC4C6=COC=C6)C)C)O)C	502.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
Nomilinic acid	131751863	Click to see CC(=O)OC(CC(=O)O)C1(C2CCC3(C(OC(=O)C4C3(C2(C(=O)CC1C(C)(C)O)C)O4)C5=COC=C5)C)C	532.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
Onguent de calamine	131752311	Click to see	520.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives
(-)-beta-Sitosterol	222284	Click to see	414.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
Stigmasterol	5280794	Click to see	412.70	unknown	via CMAUP database
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Naphthopyrans
methyl (3S)-3-[(1R,2S,6S,10S,11S,14S)-11-(furan-3-yl)-3-hydroxy-2,6,10-trimethyl-4,13-dioxo-12,15-dioxatetracyclo[8.5.0.01,14.02,7]pentadecan-6-yl]-3-hydroxypropanoate	131752313	Click to see CC12CCC3C(CC(=O)C(C3(C14C(O4)C(=O)OC2C5=COC=C5)C)O)(C)C(CC(=O)OC)O	462.50	unknown	https://doi.org/10.2503/JJSHS.67.835
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Furanoquinolines
Dictamnine	68085	Click to see	199.20	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/J39700000556 https://doi.org/10.1039/P19740002177 https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962804
Skimmianine	6760	Click to see COC1=C(C2=C(C=C1)C(=C3C=COC3=N2)OC)OC	259.26	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/J39700000556 https://doi.org/10.1248/YAKUSHI1881.50.12_1117 https://doi.org/10.1039/P19740002177
> Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolines and derivatives / Phenylquinolines
6-Methoxy-1-methyl-2-phenyl-4(1H)-quinolinone	622180	Click to see	265.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1039/J39700000556
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Coumarin glycosides
6-Methoxy-7-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-one	346340	Click to see	354.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
7-[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxychromen-2-one	320361	Click to see C1=CC(=CC2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	324.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
Scopolin	439514	Click to see COC1=C(C=C2C(=C1)C=CC(=O)O2)OC3C(C(C(C(O3)CO)O)O)O	354.31	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
Skimmin	99693	Click to see	324.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Psoralens
(+)-Oxypeucedanin	928465	Click to see CC1(C(O1)COC2=C3C=CC(=O)OC3=CC4=C2C=CO4)C	286.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[2-[(2S)-9-hydroxy-7-oxo-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-g]chromen-2-yl]propan-2-yloxy]oxan-2-yl]methyl (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	102146519	Click to see	600.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
[(2R,3S,4S,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-[2-[(2S)-9-hydroxy-7-oxo-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-g]chromen-2-yl]propan-2-yloxy]oxan-2-yl]methyl (E)-3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	102155846	Click to see CC(C)(C1CC2=C(O1)C(=C3C(=C2)C=CC(=O)O3)O)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)COC(=O)C=CC5=CC(=C(C(=C5)OC)O)OC)O)O)O	630.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-[2-(9-hydroxy-7-oxo-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-g]chromen-2-yl)propan-2-yloxy]oxan-2-yl]methyl 3-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	162870132	Click to see	600.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
[3,4,5-Trihydroxy-6-[2-(9-hydroxy-7-oxo-2,3-dihydrofuro[3,2-g]chromen-2-yl)propan-2-yloxy]oxan-2-yl]methyl 3-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)prop-2-enoate	162885909	Click to see	630.60	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(92)80484-V
4-((3,3-Dimethyloxiran-2-Yl)Methoxy)Furo(3,2-G)Chromen-7-One	160544	Click to see	286.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
4-(2,3-Dihydroxy-3-methylbutoxy)furo(3,2-g)chromen-7-one	483513	Click to see	304.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
Imperatorin	10212	Click to see	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
Isoimperatorin	68081	Click to see	270.28	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
Oxypeucedanin Hydrate	17536	Click to see	304.29	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Psoralens / 5-methoxypsoralens
Bergapten	2355	Click to see COC1=C2C=CC(=O)OC2=CC3=C1C=CO3	216.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Furanocoumarins / Psoralens / 8-methoxypsoralens
8-Methoxypsoralen	4114	Click to see	216.19	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
Isopimpinellin	68079	Click to see COC1=C2C=COC2=C(C3=C1C=CC(=O)O3)OC	246.21	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins
Scopoletin	5280460	Click to see	192.17	unknown	via CMAUP database
Umbelliferone	5281426	Click to see C1=CC(=CC2=C1C=CC(=O)O2)O	162.14	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962141

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Skimmia japonica

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Forms (abbr. f.) Top

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